Questions tagged [dry-hop]
Technique of adding unboiled hops to the fermentor to give hop aroma and possibly additional bitterness.
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Sanitizing additives (herbs)
I’m brewing Albea Cerevisiae - an old polish recipe for a white beer with herbs.
I added some herbs to the boil, but didn’t get much of the flavor and aroma I wanted.
Now I want to dry-herb my beer in ...
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Why are AAU not specified for dry hopping?
As title really - I just noticed a few different recipes, different sites and authors, that specify AAU for bittering and finishing hops, but dry hops just by mass.
Is it because the amount is ...
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Brewing a NEIPA under pressure: magnet in dry hop bag is stuck to the tilt hydrometer. Should I open & remove?
I'm brewing a NEIPA in a Kegland Fermzilla under 10psi of pressure, and I planned to have 2 dry hops without depressurizing or opening the fermentor. I have a tilt hydrometer in the fermentor and ...
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Does the presence of hops in early unfermented beer retard the fermentation process?
I've been making a heather ale (so not of the usual process of making an beer wort). I got the Boadicea hops for aroma, but because I got them the day after making the wort (poor organisation on my ...
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Three days into fermenting beer and getting really sharp, bitter flavors, will that mellow out?
I'm 3 days into fermenting my IPA in a Fermentasaurus under pressure (if it makes a difference) and I've just taken a hydrometer reading, all better than expected. The beer looks beautiful and hazy, ...
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Fermentation time
I am looking for some advice.
I successfully completed a first all grain batch on the brewzilla (OG 1.048). Airlock activity ~every min at day 14 (yeast S-04 @ 18dc).
Dry hopped loose (~80g total) on ...
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Dry Hopping Cider
I’ve taken to making Cider and quite enjoy it. I now finalize my fermentation (temp controlled) at 1.015Gs before bottling or kegging. In the case of bottling I still prime with sugar and then test ...
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Oxidation in Secondary Fermenter
I have a question about the liklihood of oxidation during secondary fermenting.
I'm brewing a NEIPA, second brew ever, from NorthernBrewer. OG 1.068, now 1.032 after 15 days in primary. Directions ...
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Dry Hopping Measuring Cup
When measuring hops for dry hopping, do I need to sanitize the cup I put the hops in on my scale? I recently started buying hops in bulk and I've never had to weigh hops before pouring them into the ...
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Dry hop to add depth of flavour?
This is kind of hard to explain, but I'll try. Ive got quite a nice flavoured, mostly chinook hopped beer in the fermenter, but I was wondering if I could add another dimension to the flavour with a ...
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Hops Wort Absorption
According to BYO malt absorbs roughly 1.04L of water per kg malt. Knowing this makes calculating things like mash and sparge water quite a bit easier.
Is there a rough absorption rate for hops?
I've ...
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Is heady topper a NEIPA/ DIPA or both?
I'm from Australia so we don't really have good access to Heady Topper, Treehouse or Trilium NEIPAs. I have been looking at the heady topper clone on byo.com -https://byo.com/recipe/alchemist-heady-...
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Messed up West Coast IPA recipe, could dryhopping make it good?
My first batch, I followed a recipe using malt extract to create a West Cost IPA.
The wording of the recipe made me invert the Hop additions...
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2oz of Centinennial at 0mins left ...
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Aggressive dry hopping schedule normal?
So I'm looking through single hop recipes pretty much anywhere. When I came a across brewdogrecepies.com I was a bit surprised to find their dry hopping is pretty aggressive.
Most of the recipes use ...
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"Debugging" a bitter DDH NEIPA
I brewed a DDH NEIPA recently and it was a great learning experience.
I got the aromatics I was looking for but the flavor was bitter. The batch was bound to be wonky because of size limitations ...
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